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  • The tales of Benjamin Abbott: a source for the early life of Michael Faraday

  • Frank A. J. L. James
  • Journal:
    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / June 1992
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    05 January 2009, pp. 229-240
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    June 1992

  • In his recent study of the Sandemanian religious beliefs of Michael Faraday (1791–1867), Geoffrey Cantor points out that relatively little is known of Faraday's early life. Yet Cantor, like many biographers and authors, believes that the early life of an individual is important and needs to be studied carefully to develop a full and rounded account of the subject. The problem with Faraday is that not much was noted down at the time since his father came from the artisan class, being a Sandemanian blacksmith from north-west England who had moved to London in early 1791. When a person dies at a great age there is always a problem about finding out about their early life, views and friendships. This is especially difficult if their social background is particularly humble or if they do not write an autobiography. Furthermore those who knew them when they were young are either dead, or at an advanced age where their memory may have become faulty. This circumstance can lead to anecdotal stories, without much basis, becoming enshrined uncritically in the literature. The life of Faraday provides many examples of this.

  • Victor E. Thoren (1935–91)

  • Edward Grant
  • Journal:
    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / June 1992
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    05 January 2009, pp. 255-257
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    June 1992
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  • Einstein and relativistic thermodynamics in 1952: a historical and critical study of a strange episode in the history of modern physics

  • Chuang Liu
  • Journal:
    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / June 1992
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    05 January 2009, pp. 185-206
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    June 1992

  • Over forty years after the foundations of the special theory of relativity had been securely laid, a heated debate, beginning in 1965, about the correct formulation of relativistic thermodynamics raged in the physics literature. Prior to 1965, relativistic thermodynamics was considered one of the most secure relativistic theories and one of the most simple and elegant examples of relativization in physics. It is, as its name apparently suggests, the result of the application of the special theory of relativity to thermodynamics. The basic assumption is that the first and second laws of thermodynamics are Lorentz-invariant, and, as a result, a set of Lorentz transformations is derived from thermodynamic magnitudes, such as heat and temperature.

  • BJH volume 25 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / June 1992
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    05 January 2009, pp. f1-f2
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  • BJH volume 25 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / June 1992
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    05 January 2009, pp. b1-b4
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